Pouch.



116,730,171. v V PATHNTBD JUNE 2, 1903. J. A. SMITHLINB;

POUCH. v APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES 1 Patented June 2, 1903.

JOHN A. SMITHLINE, OF BURLINGTON, IOWVA.

POUCH.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,171, dated June 2,1903.

Application filed November 13,1902. Serial No. 131,237. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN A. SMITHLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bu rlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and use-v ful Improvements in Pouches; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in pouches, andparticularly to means for maintaining the mouth in a closed condition. I

The object in view is the provision of means for normally maintainingthe mouth of a pouch in a closed condition, provision being made for theready opening of the mouth.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of apouch embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 representsa top plan view of the same. Fig.3 represents an enlarged detailfragmentary view illustratinga section of the mouth-framing and showingthe controllingspring therein.

In carrying out the object of the present;

invention I employ, as indicated in the accompanying drawings, incombination with any suitable pouch 1 a framing, (referred to in ageneral way by the,numeral2,) which surrounds the mouth 3 of thepouch 1. The mouth 3 is preferably formed with a discharge extension orchute 4, fitting snugly within the same and extending ,a suitabledistance beyond the mouth and higher at the middle than at the ends,forming projecti'ngcorners 5 5, the edges of said chute being bound bysuitable binding, preferably of metal, 6 6, so that when the mouth 3 isopen said chute will also be open and provide means for directing thematerial being discharged from the pouch to the point of destination.

The frame 2 is made up of a plurality of sections 7 7, each secured, bymeans of laterally-extending flanges 8, to the upper edge of if thepouch 1 by having rivets or othersuitable securing means 9 9 passedtherethrough and through the material of the pouch. The sections 7 areeachof a length equivalent to half the width of the-pouch 1 at the pointof its mouth, two sections being secured upon each side of the pouch andbeing pivotally fastened together by a suitable bolt or rivet 10,surrounding which is a coiled spring 11,

having its freeends 12 and 13 engaging the opposite walls of therespective sections, as.

clearly indicated in Fig. ,3, whereby said sections will have impartedto them a normal tendency to maintain a com parativelystraight line. Theouter ends of the respective sections extend to the edges-of the pouch 1and are pivoted together by any suitable bolt14,

passed therethrough. A cap 15 is retained by pivot 14 above theconnected ends of each pair of sections 7, which cap is provided with agripping portion 16, extending downwardly into the horizontal plane ofthe ends of the sections 7, whereby an operator may grasp the saidgripping portion upon each edge of the pouch and pressing inwardly onthe same overcome the pressure of the springs 11 and open the mouth 3and chute 4.

The. upper end of the pouch 1, which forms the mouth 3, is preferablycutaway, as at 17, opposite each of the pivots 10, whereby the materialof chute 4 during the opening action thereof may be moved outwardly toassume somewhat of a trough condition and facilitate'the dischargeanddirection of the contained materiah Although I have specifically setforth the details of a particular embodiment of the presentinvention,yet it will be understood that I may deviate therefrom with referenceto'the size, shape, and number of the minor details of structure withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Among themany advantages gained by the present improved structure it might besuggested that the arrangement of the gripping portion 16 permits ofcompression of the meeting ends of the respective sections 7 withoutdanger of biting or punching the operators fingers by the projectingcorners or edges of the ends of said sections during the outward innerends moving outwardly laterally and opening the mouth of the pouch lwith the inward movement of the outer ends thereof and the springs 11closing the said mouth immediately upon the release of the said outerends of the sections.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pouch provided with a body portion open at the top, a jointed framesurrounding the mouth at the top, the mouth portion being reduced inthickness beneath the jointed portions of said frames so that it willconform to the shape of said frame in its different positions morereadily and means connecting the pouch with the said frame on each sideof the reduced portions to insure the proper opening of the pouch whenthe frame is opened, substantially as described.

2. A pouch com prising a flexible body portion, a jointed closing -framearound the mouth of the pouch, a portion of the material forming themouth of the pouch being removed beneath the joints of the sides of theframe and means for securing the pouch to the parts of the frameimmediately on each side of such removed portions, the removal of suchportions preventing the crowding of the material within the joints ofthe frame, substantially as described.

3. A pouch comprising a flexible body portion having an outlet-openingatone point and a closing jointed frame surrounding the mouth of thepouch, the material of the pouch at the mouth being cut away for a shortdistance behind the jointsv to prevent the material of the pouch fromcrowding within the angle of the frame when it is opened, substantiallyas described.

4. A pouch comprisinga main body portion having a mouth or opening, aclosing-frame surrounding the same, the said frame being jointed so asto open and close, the material of the pouch being out longitudinallyopposite the joints of the frame, an inner chute arranged in the mouthof the pouch and joining the edges thereof across the cut-away portions,substantially as described.

5. A pouch comprising a body portion, a closing-frame around the mouthof the pouch formed with spring-actuated hinge-sections,longitudinally-arranged cut-out portions being formed in the material ofthe pouch opposite the spring-actuated hinges, and an inner chutecovering said cut-out portions, substantially as described.

6. Ina device of the class described, the combination with a suitablepouch, having longitudinal cut-away portions at its upper end, of anextension or chute arranged within the mouth of the pouch and having itswalls covering said cut-away portions, and means surrounding said pouchnear the month thereof for retaining said mouth in a closed conditionbut adapted to permit the same to be opened, substantially as described.

7. A pouch com prising a body portion, outwardly-extending projectionsformed by the said body portion for constituting the mouth portion ofthe pouch, a spring-actuated closing mechanism surrounding saidprojections, means for connecting the said projections therewith fordrawing the projections outwardly when the said closing mechanism isopened, the space between the said projections being arranged behind thearticulating portions of the said mechanism, substantially as described.

8. A pouch, comprising a body portion formed with upwardly-extendingprojections at the mouth, a hinged spring-actuated frame for normallyclosing the mouth, an auxiliary reinforcingmouth within the saidprojections of the body portion, the said auxiliary part covering thespace between the projections of the body portion, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN A. SMITHLINE.

Witnesses:

O. H. MOHLAND, S. J. BECKMAN.

